TEXT 48
pratipad-dinam arabhya
yavac chukla-trayodasim
brahmacaryam adhah-svapnam
snanam tri-savanam caret
SYNONYMS
pratipat-dinamon the day of pratipat; arabhyabeginning; yavatuntil; suklaof the bright fortnight; trayodasimthe thirteenth day of the moon (the second day after Ekadasi); brahmacaryamobserving complete celibacy; adhah-svapnamlying down on the floor; snanambathing; tri-savanamthree times (morning, evening and noon); caretone should execute.
TRANSLATION
From pratipat until the thirteenth day of the next bright moon [sukla-trayodasi], one should observe complete celibacy, sleep on the floor, bathe three times a day and thus execute the vow.

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